Carrie Marshall is a writer, journalist, broadcaster, songwriter and parent.

Even journos get the blues

I’ve written extensively about credit card fraud and as a result, I’m bordering on the paranoid: I won’t shop on sites that aren’t secure, I never let my credit card out of my sight, and so on. However, that hasn’t stopped me from becoming a victim of card fraud: I discovered this morning that my joint credit card has been defrauded to the tune of £1,000-plus. What’s really galling is that one of the purchases seems to have been a computer from Time. Time? I ask you!

I’m not greatly worried – the bank’s fraud squad is on the case – but I am intrigued, especially as a quick look at Time’s web site suggests that you can’t order without knowing the security code on the back of the card. Given that there’s only one transaction where I told someone the CVS code, which was when I purchased car insurance over the phone, it looks awfully like a case of fraud by an employee of the firm. Naturally I can’t prove it, and the bank isn’t exactly forthcoming with information, but it seems the most likely explanation.

The moral? Check your statements carefully. Until yesterday, I was the only person my wife knew who hadn’t been a victim of card fraud. Now I’ve joined the club.

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About Me

My name’s Carrie, and I live in Glasgow. I’m a freelance journalist, columnist, author, copywriter, scriptwriter and broadcaster, and I write features, news stories and tutorials about technology, the Internet and pop culture for lots of magazines and websites as well as crafting compelling copy for small businesses and multinational corporations alike.

I have written thirteen books so far – four about writing, three about technology, five about making music and one novel – and I co-wrote seven more computer and music titles and a radio documentary series. My most recent projects (mid-2018) include a secret ghostwriting project and four books about effective writing.